Golf bag



F. E. KIP

GGLF BAG May 3, 1932.

Filed Oct. 11, 1929 H)E:TOR Y ATTORNEYS.

gwawae? Patented May 3, 1932 UNITED STATES FREDERIO E. KIP, OFMON'TCLAIR, NEW JERSEY GOLF BAG Application filed October 11, 1929.Serial No. 398,985.

This invention is an improvement in golf bags, and more particularly inthe compartments usually found with bags for holdlng the balls.

Q In the usual construction of bag, the ball compartment, which is offlexible material, and includes a receptacle and a cover therefor, inthe form of a flap, has no means for securing the cover into place,except a strap and buckle.

For this reason any unauthorized person can gain access to the ballsmerely by unbuckling the strap, and unscrupulous persons are liable topurloin some or all of the balls,

35 when the bag is unguarded.

One of the primary objects of the present invention is the provision ofa bag, having a ball compartment, provided with the usual covering flapand having mechanism in con- 2 nection therewith for enabling the flapto be locked to the wall of the compartment, thus closing it, andpreventing unauthorized removal of the balls.

Another object is the provision of a form of locking mechanism, of acharacter to substantially connect the flap throughout its width to thecompartment wall, thereby to entirely prevent access to the balls untilthe flap is released.

lVith these and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts fully described hereinafter,illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claimsappended hereto, it being understood that various changes in the form,proportion, size and minor details of construction within the scope ofthe claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the drawing is shown a front elevation of a part of a golf bag,showing the ball compartrnent provided with the improvement. The presentembodiment of the invention is shown in connection with a golf bag ofusual construction, indicated at 1, and of any desired material. The baghas the usual ball compartment indicated at 2, adapted to be closed by aflap 3, which may be connected to the outer wall of the compartment by astrap 4: and a buckle 5.

With this arrangement it is apparent that to gain access to the balls 6in the compartment, it is only necessary to unbuckle the strap, and whenthe bag is away from the im mediate supervision of the owner, there isno protection for the balls.

The ball receptacle and the flap are usually of flexible material, suchas cloth of a suitable character, leather, or the like, and it will beapparent that any locking mechanism for connecting the flap to the outercompartment wall must connect said flap throughout substantially itsentire width, or at points well spaced apart from each other and soarranged as to make impossible sufficient sep aration of the flap andcontainer wall between such points to extract a ball.

With this purpose in view, I provide the flap with openings 7 near itsopposite side edges, and the side walls of the receptacle Wide openings7, shown in dotted lines. These openings are so placed that when theflap is in closed position those of the flap and the side walls of thereceptacle will be in register.

Each of the openings is reinforced by a grommet or eye-let 8, and a bolt9 is adapted to be passed through the registering openings at each sideof the flap and receptacle wall, the said bolt having at one end a loop10, providing a handle for manipulating the bolt, and providing a stopfor limiting the movement of the bolt through the openings.

The opposite end of the bolt has an opening 11 through which may bepassed a shackle I 12 of a padlock 13, any suitable form of padlockbeing adapted for the purpose. It will be apparent from the descriptionand the drawing, that the flap is connected with the receptacle wall, sothat it cannot be separated from the wall over a distance sufficient toenable the extraction of a ball, without removing the bolt and this canbe done only when the padlock is opened with a key.

What is claimed as new is In a golf bag having a pocket for ballscomprising sidewalls and an outer or front wall, a flap adapted tooverlie said front wall and portions of the side walls, each of saidside walls having an opening therein, said flap having openings adjacentits side edges adapted to register With the openings in the side Wallswhen the flap is folded down over the front Wall and said portions ofthe side Walls, reinforcing elements in said openings, and a boltadapted to be passed through said openings with its ends disposed at thesides of the pocket, and a lock for the bolt at one of said ends.

Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York this20th :day (Tf September, A. D. 1929.

FREDERIO E. KI P.

